Curriculum Vitae (brief)

Åsa von Schoultz Professor in Political Science Mid Sweden University +46 70 375 8786 asa.vonschoultz@miun.se Curriculum Vitae (brief) Name and date of birth Åsa von Schoultz (née Bengtsson) 14 th February 1973 Education/grades attained Professor in Political Science, Mid Sweden University 1.7.2013 Adjoint Professor (Docent), Åbo Akademi University 7.12.2007 Doctor of Political Science, Åbo Akademi University 14.6.2002 Licentiate of Political Science, Åbo Akademi University 17.12.1999 Master of Arts, Göteborg University 26.3.1997 Academic appointments Professor, Mid Sweden University 1.7.2013 Academy Researcher Fellow, Academy of Finland 1.8.2010 31.7.2015 Senior researcher, The Society of Swedish Literature in Finland 1.8.2007 31.7.2010 Post doc, Åbo Akademi University 1.8.2004 31.7.2007 Senior researcher in the project Elections and Democracy in Finland, University of Turku 1.2.2004 31.7.2004 Assistant professor, Department of Political Science 1.4.2002 31.1.2004 Post gradual fellowship, National graduate school of political science and international relations, Finland 1.1.1999 31.3.2002 Attained project funding (responsible leader, larger projects only) European Values Study, Riksbankens jubileumsfond, 2015 2017, 4 995 000 SEK Preferred political processes. Voters' preferences for political decision, Academy of Finland, 2010 2015, 575 280 EUR Commissions of trust Social Science Research Institute, Åbo Akademi University, board member (chair), 2015 2017 Balkan Comparative Electoral Study. Impact of Personal Vote on Internal Party Democracy. Project funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), Mentor, 2014-1016

D:CE, Democracy: a citizen perspective, Centre of Excellence, Åbo Akademi University, steering committee member 2010 2015 Research institute Aronia, University of Applied Science NOVIA, Finland, member of advisory board, 2014 2017 Comparative Candidate Survey (CCS), steering group member, 2014 Finnish National Election Study, steering group member, 2011 ECPR Standing group on Forms of Participation, Steering group member, 2006 2007 Duties as Scientific Expert Assessments/opponent: Assessment of Adjoint professorship, Linneaus University, 2010, 2014, Gothenburg University, 2014 Opponent on PhD-tesis, University of Oslo, 2013, Åbo Akademi University, 2015 Pre-examiner of PhD-thesis, Örebro University, 2013 Examiner of licentiate-theses, Åbo Akademi University, 2012, 2012 Scientific conferences: Invited discussant, Democracy: a citizen perspective, Åbo Akademi University, 2015 Workshop director at ECPR Joint Session, Warsaw, 2015 Panel chair at the ECPR general conference, Potsdam 2009, Bordeaux 2013 Workshop director at NOPSA (Nordic Political Science Association), Reykjavik, 2005, Gothenburg 2014 Workshop director at the Annual meeting of the Finnish political science association, Helsinki 2001 Reviewer of research proposals: Gesis, Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, 2014 Volkswagen foundation, 2013 Research council of Norway, 2010, 2011 The Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland, 2011, 2012, 2013 Reviewer for scientific journals: Other: American Journal of Political Science, British Politics, Comparative Political Studies, European Journal of Political Research, International Political Science Review, Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties, Journal of Politics, Political Geography, Party Politics, Political Behavior, Political Studies, Public Administration, Scandinavian Political Studies, YOUNG Principal Investigator, Comparative Candidate Study, Finland, 2011, 2015 Program sensor (Bachelor-program), Bergen University, 2014 2017 Expert panel of the yearly survey Barometern 2005 2014 Research hearing, Swedish parliament, The Committee on the Constitution, 13.3.2012 Regularly consulted scientific advisor at the think-tank Magma 2009 Member of editorial board: Politiikka 2010-2014, Comparative Balkan Politics, 2015

Networks and projects (most important) Citizen Involvement in Political Decision-Making (INVOLVE), network of scholars from Åbo Akademi University, University of Gothenburg, University of Leuven, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, University of Lucern, Mid Sweden University, 2014 Intra party dimension of Politics, project chaired by Matthew S. Shugart, UC Davis, Finnish collaborator, 2011 Democracy: A Citizen Perspective (D:CE), Centre of Excellence, Åbo Akademi University, member of steering group, 2009 2015 Finnish National Election Study, member 2002, steering group member 2010 True European Voter (TEV), COST-action, Finnish representative, 2010 2015 Comparative Candidate Survey (CCS), Finnish PI, 2011, 2015, steering group member, 2013 Nordic Elections and Democracy Research Cooperation (NED), Finnish representative, 2004 Teaching Extensive experience of teaching in the fields of research methodology, introduction to political science, electoral behaviour, political parties, political participation, democratic theory Supervisor at all graduate and post graduate levels Invited guest lectures at University of Darmstadt (Germany), University of Helsinki, Swedish School of Social Science (Helsinki) Responsible leader of the Swedish Speaking Research School for PhD-candidates in Political Science, Finland, 2002 2007 Interaction with society Recurrent commentator on elections, politics and democracy in TV, radio and news papers Frequently invited speaker or to act as chair for panels and debates at NGOs, parties, and public authorities Awards Distinction for teaching from the Student Union of Åbo Akademi University, 2005 Stiftelsens för Åbo Akademis award for young promising researchers, (12,000 ), 2005 Administrative duties (most important) Deputy member of the board for post graduate education, Mid Sweden University, 2015 2017 Member of the faculty board for the Faculty of Economic and Social Science, Åbo Akademi University, 2002 2009 List of publications Monographs 1. Bengtsson, Åsa, Hansen, M. Kasper, Hardarson, Olafur, Narud, Hanne Marthe & Oscarsson, Henrik. 2014. The Nordic Voter: Myths of Exceptionalism. ECPR Press. 2. Anckar, Carsten, Bengtsson, Åsa, Denk, Thomas &, Karvonen, Lauri. 2013. Komparativ Politik. Institutioner och beteende. Lund: Studentlitteratur. 3. Bengtsson, Åsa. 2007. Politiskt deltagande. Lund: Studentlitteratur.

4. Bengtsson, Åsa. 2002. Ekonomisk röstning och politisk kontext En studie av 266 val i parlamentariska demokratier. Åbo: Åbo Akademis förlag. Edited volumes 5. Bengtsson, Åsa & Hanna Wass (eds.) 2010. Special issue: Representation som representativitet, relation och deliberation. Politiikka. 52(3). 6. Bengtsson, Åsa & Kimmo Grönlund (eds.). 2005. Den finlandssvenska väljaren. Vasa: Samforsk. 7. Bengtsson, Åsa & Kimmo Grönlund (eds.). 2004. Partier och ansvar. Stockholm: SNS Förlag. Peer-reviewed articles 8. von Schoultz, Åsa & Hanna Wass. 2015. Beating issue congruence: Congruence in the Representational Preferences of Candidates and Voters Parliamentary Affairs, 10.1093/pa/gsv001 9. Bengtsson, Åsa & Henrik Serup Christensen. 2014. Ideals and Actions - Do Citizens Patterns of Political Participation Correspond to their Process Preferences?, Government & Opposition, doi:10.1017/gov.2014.29. 10. Bengtsson, Åsa. 2012. Citizens perceptions of political processes. A critical evaluation of consistency and survey items. Revista Internacional de Sociología. 70(2): 45-64. 11. Christensen, Henrik Serup & Åsa Bengtsson. 2011. The Political Competence of Internet Participants Evidence from Finland. Information Communication and Society. 14(3): 1-21. 12. Bengtsson, Åsa & Hanna Wass. 2011. The Representative Roles of MPs: A Citizen Perspective. Scandinavian Political Studies. 34(2): 143-167. 13. Bengtsson, Åsa & Hanna Wass. 2010. Styles of political representation: What do voters expect?. Journal of Elections and Public Opinion. 20(1): 55-81. 14. Bengtsson, Åsa. & Mikko Mattila. 2009. Direct democracy and its critics: Support for direct democracy and stealth democracy in Finland. West European Politics. 32(5): 1031-1048. 15. Bengtsson, Åsa & Hanna Wass. 2009. Äänestäjien edustusta koskevat odotukset. (Väljarnas förväntningar på representation). Politiikka. 51(3):187-207. 16. Bengtsson, Åsa & Henrik Serup Christensen. 2009. Politiskt deltagande i Finland. Politiikka. 51(2): 77-95. 17. Bengtsson, Åsa. 2004. Economic Voting: The Effect of Political Context, Volatility and Turnout on Voters Assignment of Responsibility. European Journal of Political Research. 43:749-768. 18. Bengtsson, Åsa. 2004. Valdeltagande i Finland: Rationalitet eller socialt tryck?. Politiikka. 1:3-16. Book chapters in edited volumes 19. von Schoultz, Åsa. 2015. Förändringar i det politiska landskapet In: Sandberg, S. & Sjöblom, S. (eds). Finlandssvenska vägval. Helsingfors: Kulturfonden 20. Bengtsson, Åsa. 2014. Riksdagsledamöternas roller och medborgarnas förväntningar. In: Wiberg, M. & T. Raunio (eds.) Eduskunta Suomen poliittisessa järjestelmässä. Helsinki: Gaudeamus. 21. Bengtsson, Åsa & Christensen, Henrik Serup. 2012. The Political Competence of Internet Participants Evidence from Finland. In Loader & Mercea (eds.) Social Media and Democracy: Innovations in Participatory Politics. Routledge. 22. Bengtsson, Åsa. 2012. Norms of citizenship Views on Good Citizenship in Scandinavia. In Anckar, Carsten & Anckar, Dag (eds.). Comparisons, Regimes, Elections. Festschrift for Lauri Karvonen. Åbo: Åbo Akademis förlag.

23. Bengtsson, Åsa. 2012. Kandidatval. Rörlighet och motiv. In Borg, S. (ed.) Muutosvaalit. Helsingfors: Justitieministeriet. 24. Åsa Bengtsson & Christensen, Henrik Serup. 2012. Medborgarnas förväntningar på politiskt beslutsfattande. In Borg, S. (ed.) Muutosvaalit. Helsingfors: Justitieministeriet. 25. Bengtsson, Åsa & Mikko Mattila. 2011. Finlandssvenska demokrativisioner: Mer med medborgarinflytande eller skuggdemokrati?. In Grönlund, K. (ed.) Finlandssvenskar i publikdemokrati. Helsingfors: SLS. 26. Bengtsson, Åsa. 2011. Minoriteters politiska mobilisering. En västeuropeisk kartläggning. In Grönlund, K. (ed.) Finlandssvenskar i publikdemokrati. Helsingfors: SLS. 27. Bengtsson, Åsa. 2011. Svenska folkpartiet som förvaltare av det politiska och sociala kapitalet. In Sundback, S. & Nyqvist, F. (eds.) Det finlandssvenska sociala kapitalet. Fiktion eller fakta? Helsingfors: SLS. 28. Bengtsson, Åsa & Mikko Mattila. 2009. Suoran demokratian ja häivedemokratian kannatus Suomessa. In Paloheimo, H. & Borg, S (eds.). Vaalit yleisödemokratiassa. Tampere: Tampere University Press. 29. Bengtsson, Åsa & Hanna Wass. 2009. Kansalaisten edustuksellisuus-odotukset. In Paloheimo, H. & Borg, S. (eds.). Vaalit yleisödemokratiassa. Tampere: Tampere University Press. 30. Bengtsson, Åsa, Göran Djupsund & Lauri Karvonen. 2008. Finlandssvenskar och politik på 2000- talet: partisympatier, opinioner och aktivitet. In Herberts, K. (eds.). Opinioner och trender i Svenskfinland. Vasa: Samforsk. 31. Bengtsson, Åsa. 2006. Rösträttens utveckling i Europa. En historisk tillbakablick. In Käkönen & Paastela (eds.). Demokratia ja poliitinen osallistuminen. Tampere: Studia Political Tamperensis. 32. Bengtsson, Åsa. 2005. Utmaningar för svensk politik. In Bengtsson, Å & Grönlund, K. (eds.) Den finlandssvenska väljaren. Vasa: Samforsk. 33. Bengtsson, Åsa, Kimmo Grönlund & Lauri Karvonen. 2005. Språk och parti. I Bengtsson, Å. & Grönlund, K (eds.). Den finlandssvenska väljaren. Vasa: Samforsk. 34. Sundberg, Jan, Niklas Wilhelmsson & Åsa Bengtsson. 2005. Svenskt och finskt väljarbeteende. In Bengtsson, Å. & Grönlund, K. (eds.). Den finlandssvenska väljaren. Vasa: Samforsk. 35. Bengtsson, Åsa & Kimmo Grönlund. 2005. Muu Poliittinen osallistuminen. In Paloheimo, H. (red.). Vaalit ja demokratia Suomessa (Val och demokrati i Finland). Helsingfors: WSOY. 36. Bengtsson, Åsa & Kimmo Grönlund. 2005. Ehdokasvalinta. In Paloheimo, H. (red.). Vaalit ja Demokratia Suomessa (Val och demokrati i Finland). Helsingfors: WSOY. 37. Bengtsson, Åsa. 2004. Utkräver väljarna ansvar?. In Bengtsson, Å. & Grönlund, K. (red.). Partier och ansvar. Stockholm: SNS Förlag. 38. Bengtsson, Åsa. 2004. Demokrati, eliter och ansvar. In Bengtsson, Å. & Grönlund, K. (red.). Partier och ansvar. Stockholm: SNS Förlag. Other scientific publications 39. Bengtsson, Åsa. 2011. Book review on Tauel Harper, Democracy in the Age of New Media: The Politics of the Spectacle. Information, Communication and Society. (Available online 27 Oct 2011). 40. Bengtsson, Åsa & Hanna Wass. 2010. Representation som representativitet, relation och deliberation. Politiikka. 52(3). (introduction to special issue) 41. Bengtsson, Åsa. 2006. Att ge mandat eller utkräva ansvar. Finsk Tidskrift. 9/2006.

42. Bengtsson, Åsa. 1999. Retrospektivitet och ekonomisk röstning: Tre förklaringsmodeller. Department of Political Science, Åbo Akademi University, Occasional Papers Series, Nr.13. 43. Bengtsson, Åsa. 2002. Economic effects on voting and turnout: Sweden in a comparative perspective. Meddelanden från Ekonomisk-statsvetenskapliga fakulteten vid Åbo Akademi. Ser. A:527. 44. Bengtsson, Åsa. 2002. Om komparativ politik och ekonomisk röstning. Politiikka. 4:363-366. Publications of popular science 45. Yhteensopivaa edustusta? Ehdokkaiden ja kansalaisten näkemykset kansanedustajien edustusrooleista, blogpost at the blog Poliitiika.fi, 1st April 2015 46. Myths of Nordic exceptionalism blogpost at European Politics and Policy, London School of Economics, 28 th Marsh 2014 47. Kommunalval 2012. In Kawecki, Sophie & Virta, Tove (red.). Västnyländsk årsbok 2013. Västnyländska kultursamfundet. 48. Montly blogg posts at Åbo Akademi University research blog, 2011 2013 49. Montly columns in the newspaper Västra Nyland, 2008 2013. 50. Äänestäjien mielestä edustajien tulee yhä ajaa alueellisia etuja, Debate article (Vieraskynä) in Helsingin Sanomat with Hanna Wass. 4th April 2009 51. Alueellinen edustus yhä tärkeää äänestäjille, column at Kansanvalta.fi (ministry of Justice, Finland) with Hanna Wass, 6th May 2009. 52. Politiska framgångar och bakslag, Finlands kommuntidning. No. 8, 2008 53. Att ge mandat eller att utkräva ansvar. Om väljarnas möjlighet att påverka i olika politiska system. Column at grundlagsutredningen.se., 19th April, 2006. 54. Ekonomisk röstning och politisk kontext, Debate article in Hufvudstadsbladet. 26th August 2002 55. Review of Petersson, Holmberg, Lewin och Narud (2002) Demokrati utan ansvar. Demokratirådets rapport. Stockholm: SNS förlag, in Åbo Underrättelser. 26th July2002 56. Socialliberalism eller Nyliberalism - En undersökning bland Folkpartiets väljare, Debate article in Göteborgsposten. 2nd February 1995.